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Look at all of the vinegar and venom this thread has spouted!

Greek Chatters, please remember-- on the internet and off, everything you do and say is not just a reflection of you, it is a reflection on your GLO. Long after your name has been forgotten, your letters will be remembered with your words, and a negative connotation attached to your letters.

It isn't what you say, it is how you say that counts, and I am truly disappointed at what I am reading. This PNM had a question about what to do if she encounters an uncomfortable situation. All of the NPC sororities have zero tolerance policies on hazing, but the reality (as we know from the many news clippings we see each year and those that are posted to these boards) is that there are many local chapters of those NPC's who go behind the backs of their advisers and nationals to have a little "fun"-- and until they are caught, hazing happens. If it didn't there wouldn't be as many chapters on probation as there are out there. And believe it or not, there are chapters within your own sorority right now on probation for those reasons.

If any new member confronts a hazing situation, you need to just walk away and immediately report the action to your campus Greek adviser. If you allow yourself to be the subject of a hazing activity and you know it is wrong, you are just as much at fault, and you contribute to the jeopardization of your chapter. The initiated sister is supposed to know better, but as a new member, you are an adult with a sense of right and wrong, and you have the right as a member to raise your voice and ask your questions to your chapter, your sponsor sister, your advisers, etc. An NPC sorority is an organization dedicated to the mental, moral and social improvement of its members. Degrading new sisters has no place within the organization's goals.

To GC'ers concerned about non members trying to ferret out information on ritual, there are tactful ways to handle these people if you believe their communication is flawed or they have devious intent. But 9 times out of 10, you will catch more flies with honey.

Please watch your words and actions. Consider your GLO and all of its members-- we are all affected by your decisions.